Ticket-printing machine



May 28, 1929.'

G. W. HENRY. JR

TICKET PRINTING MACHINE Filed Deo. 2l. 192.7

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G. W.'HENRY. JR 1,715,290

TICKET PRINTTNG MACHINE Filed Dec. 2l, 1927 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 Z5 .44 /15 6 26a I7 22 56 50 lo 54 5l 1 we/afar L l Jfewye//IM May 28, 1929. G. w. HENRY, JR 1,715,290

TICKET PRINTING MACHINE Filed Dec. 21, 1927 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Patented May 28, 1929.

GEORGE W. HENRY, JR., or ri-nnAnnLrnIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AssGNonmosoABAn COMPANY, `or PHILADELBHIA, PENNSYLANIA, A conronA'roN or--PENNSYLE' VANIA.

TICKET-PRINTING MACHINE Application-med December 21, 1927'. Serial No. 241,566.

My invention i'elatesfto certain improvements in. machines for printing tickets such as are used on merchandise, indicatingcthe size, price `and style of i theegoods.

@ne object ofiny presentninvention4 is. DO provide af simple machine which canI be opera-ted by hraiidior hypower, andwhich is so designed that aV strip.- ofLtickets .can he'L fed 'through thcfmachin-e and printed, or L single ticket can' he. plecedfiniposition and printed'.

A further objectof'the'invention isitofso. der sign-fthe-mach'ine thatiitfczin he operated by hand without: disconnecting the powen mechanism; v

A still further object of the invention is to provide means fori feeding theticket to. the printing positionnnd vto.,discharge thez ticket afteraitfhns been printed.;

In the.-r accompanying drawings.: Figure. l is ar view-f' ofi one side of' my.A improved ticketprintingnmch'inc,theth'elt wheel-'being in section on fthe line.` lz-.lg Eig, 8';

Fig. Qisa-viewzof-t-.the opposite side offthe machine from theta shown =in Eig ,1g the -feed table-.beingin section, zinc-lathedoorl in the open gpositioni :and :partly broken awafy;

Fig.. 3 isn-frontfviewg Fig.- iris a-.sectional-elevationon the line l.-tofEig. li;

Fig. 5 is zuplaniviewg.

Fig;r 6 is fztsectional viewonthelinc 6-6 ofrFigi. 1i;

Figm- 7L is a sectional .Iview on the line 7,-,3?,

Fig.` l; f Eig. Sis mperspective; ofthe feediplafWl.;

Fig.` 9 is a view of'wportion ofag ticketstrip used in-tlris machine-g andi 4 Eig. 10. is; ,2l/view ofianother: forni :ofgticlret whichican: be printed Jin this typeofamnchine; Referring to the drawings l is lthe base; of the.- machine.I` having :t kcylindrical casing 2. 'Dhiscasingis hollow. and ,is,,provided et one side-with ,aldoor having pivot; 3. and 4:being secured in-its closed f position by. latch 4.

^' r, Within thefcasing. is @spindle G'onwhich :.is

mounted la drum 7 Th'eticket-strips iarefwoundupon paper tuhes-71oneofwhich.cen'heflocated on thedrum 7", :issh'own in. Figs- Qfandl.u The. strip` a extends through aislot in the casing and -airOund j awroller Sfmoun-ted-on-eJ spindlef), endfis then v v l f of; the lever 16v and-theposition ofihepewl,

passed s through arf slot l()f lin a... guide, lisa-11d overl the feedtahle 12 andiovertheplaten 13.

The. guide; in the present-@instance niede-` es; strewn in Fig, 7.

The spindle 9e ofthe roller 8 isloceteddn e ,bracket 14e projecting yfrom the casing. Zand on this bracketis pivot 15A for the lever-16, which Y carries at v its outer, end the type lcha-se 17 ,which is adapted -to a transverseslot-.in the heed-18 of the vhand lever 16;. Onithishead lis secured anhendle hy which the leverlisoperated.k The lever 1G is'heldyieldablyina raised position by a, coi-l spring 2(5) mounted on the pivot g @ne-end ofl thespringfvfbears against f, the lever and the other.- end bears zligeinst a pin- 2l prejecting-zv Afrom the bracket Von. the hand lever 16.,

s A: feed paivl is .pivoteflly4 mountedson- ,pin 29; Carried by this long' iarm. of (thel lever.L This feed Vpa-wl-` is` shown .in Fig.;A 8f and 'hes two Y fingers 3l lwhich ytra-vel in, grooves 32Jr in zthe feed table 12Fig. 6'.; A spring fo'nfthe pin A279y tends to(vyiel-clingly holdfthe-pewl in the lgrooves so thatfwhjen; theitagystrip, vshown in Fig. 85 isfed 'oveithe table, the Vfingers of the prawl extend into-the notch. b .of the tag Y strip a and feed-the tagstrp ,foi-werd.

In order-to keep the-tagtrip-on-the table,-

top gufi-de 34 is; providedzv This guidefis vieldingly heldfon the-.block V11p loyt a springA 35 which bears against the underside ofi-the head' of-y a screw 36 screwedginto .the block,

the block ,beingL Vrecessedto recei-if'egthje. guide so as. to prevent it movinglatera-lly. The p21-Wl is; notched aft-3,7. sothatit willpass freelyV over the` top-guider'tes it is; recipvro- In orderf to anticipatically ,ink:the-type, an inking pad 39 is mounted on e fra-mell() which is pivoted etfll to thestandards Mythe frame being connected :byeztlinkkto the, hafndllever 16. This link 42,* vhzisK-.an adjustable section v Li-,hvzwhich-theposition of'thefinkingped in respect to the-.Ttvpecenbereguletcd. y

In order( to limit the. upward:l ,movement` ward.

position. A jam nut 46 locks the set screw in the position in which it is adjusted.

In order to operate the machine by power, belt wheel 47 is jecting from the casing 2. T he wheel, in the present instance, is a grooved wheel to receive a driving belt 49 which passes around a pulley50 on an electric motor 51 of any suitable type. lt will be understood that if a chain is used, instead of a belt, then the wheels 47 and 50 will be made'accordingly. Cast integral withthe wheel 47 is a cam 52 which bears against a roller 53 on a lever 54 pivoted to a bracket 55 secured to the casing 2.y This bracket is slottedfor the passage of securing bolts 56, so as to enable the bracketJ to be :idf justed.rv The lever 54 is connected by a rod 57 to a pin 28a on the hand lever 16.k

TheV operationvof the device is as follows:

If acoiled tag strip is used, it Ais mounted on the drum 7 and passed over the roller 8 through the slot 10 and over the table 12 and under the top guide 34 until one of the'notches is in the path of the pawl 30, the proper type is then assembled in the chase 17 and the chase is locked in position in the head of the lever 16. lIf the device is to be operated by hand, all that is necessary is to push down the lever 16 by the handle '19, which withdraws the inking pad from under the type and withdraws also the feed pawl 30, allowing the type to make an impression on the tag that is located on the platen 13. The withdrawing of the pawl, as it recedes, drops it into the notch .7) of the next tag, so that as the lever 16 is raised by the spring 2O the pawl will move the tag strip forward one tag, and the inking pad will be moved under the chase and will ink the type for the next impression.

If power is applied through'a motor, then the rotationof the wheel 47 causes the cani 52 to depress the lever 54, vand as this lever is connected tothe hand lever 16 by the pin 57, itY will automaticallyl move the hand lever, make the impression and feed the tag for- "If it is desired to make an impression on a single tag such as shownin Fig. 9, then all thaty is'necesasry is to place the tag on the platen against the end of the pawl and depress the lever 16, which will printthe tag, and the pawl, in its forward movement, will discharge the tag from the machine.

I cla-im:

"1. The combination in a ticket-printing machine, of a base; a casing; means for supporting a roll of tickets within the casing; a bracket projecting from the casing; Aa lever .pivoted to the bracket; a type chase mounted in the end of the lever; a platen mounted on the casing; a table back of the platen; a wheel located back of the table around which the Y strip of tags passes from thercasing; a pawl for feeding the tags forward on the table; means for connecting the pawl with the lever;

mounted on a stud 48 proand a pivoted inking pad connected to the lever and arranged to ink the type carried by the chase when the lever is in its raised position and arranged to be withdrawn when the lever is depressed so that the type will make an impression on a tag located on the platen.

2. The combination VYin a tag-printing machine, of a base ;V a casing mounted on the base; a bracket projecting from the casing; a lever pivotally mounted on the bracket; a type chase carried by the lever; a platen mounted on the casing; a grooved table back of the platen; a slotted guide back of the table; a wheel around. which a tag strip passes from the casing through the slot and under the table; standards projecting from the block; a feed lever pivotally mounted on the standards; a link connecting said feed lever with the first-mentioned lever; and a pawl pivotally mounted on the opposite end of the feed lever, said pawl having ngers adapted to y fixed laten located on the frame under the` type c iase; a grooved table back of the platen over which a tag strip is fed; means for holding the tag strip onto the table; a standard; a feed lever pivoted to the standard; av link connecting the lever with the hand'lever; and a pawl yieldingly mounted on the opposite end of the feed lever and arranged to travel over the table, said pawl having fingers extending into the grooves of the table and arranged to engage a tag strip and feed it forward to be printed.

4. The combination-of a tag-printing machine; a base; a casing arranged to contain a rolled tag-strip.; a bracket on the casing; a lever pivotally mounted on the bracket;-a spring tending to raise the lever; a type chase mounted on the lever; a fixedk platen on the casing; means for feeding the tag strip onto the platen; a spindle on the casing; a driving wheel on the spindle; a cam on said wheel; an operating lever pivoted on lthe casing; and a rod connecting the lever with said first-mentioned lever which carries the type chase, said last-mentioned lever being located under the cam so that as the wheel is turned the chase-carrying lever will be actuated,

the parts being so arranged that the chasedisconnecting CII a bracket on the casing; a lever pivoted to the bracket; a spring tending tov hold the lever in its raised position; a type chase carried by the lever; a standard; an inking pad pivot-ed to the standard; a link connecting the pivoted pad to the type chase so that the type chase will be Withdrawn from under the type When the chase-carrying lever is depressed; a feed lever pivoted to the standard; a paWl yieldingly mounted on the feed lever and arranged to reciprocate over the table; a link connecting the lever With the chasefcarrying lever; .a stud `on the casing; a Wheel mounted on the stud; a cam on the Wheel; an adjustable bearing secured to the casing; an operating lever mounted on the bearing and having'a roller resting against the underside of the cam; and a rod connecting the operating lever With the chase-carrying lever so that When the Wheel is turned the chase-carrying lever Will be automatically actuated, the parts being so arranged that the chase-carrying lever can .be actuated by hand independent of the cam mechanism Without uncoupling any of the parts.

GEORGE W. HENRY; JR., 

